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Here are some lists of public relations firms, US based and International. This publication has a list of the top 135 Public Relations firms which have major US operations.
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Firm Net Fees2005 Empl. % Fee Changefrom2004 1.Edelman, New York, bio$261,858,7021,848+13.6 2.Ruder Finn Group, New York, bio92,110,000568+2.7 3.Waggener Edstrom, Bellevue, WA bio84,871,000594+8.0 4.APCO Worldwide, Wash., DC* bio73,300,000405+29.0 5.Text 100 Int'l., New York bio52,353,397493+16.0 6.Schwartz Comms., Waltham, MA bio22,134,350173+21.2 7.Zeno Group, New York bio19,915,941113+19.9 8.Dan Klores Comms., New York bio19,500,000131+12.1 9.Qorvis Comms., Wash., DC bio18,245,00069+19.1 10.Gibbs & Soell, New York bio ============================================
============================================ In 2001, the largest PR firms by revenue were: Weber Shandwick Worldwide $426,572,018 Fleishman-Hillard Inc. $345,098,241 Hill and Knowlton, Inc. $325,119,000 Incepta (Citigate) $266,018,371 Burson-Marsteller $259,112,000 Edelman Public Relations Worldwide $223,708,535 Ketchum, Inc. $185,221,000 Porter Novelli $179,294,000 GCI Group-APCO Worldwide $151,081,645 Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide $145,949,285 Most of the largest PR companies are owned by international onglomerates, in particular, the WPP Group, Omnicom, and the Interpublic Group. ============================================
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